Saturday, March 8, 2014

Hush Boutique opens on the old Maitland Mercury corner

From the Maitland Mercury report:

On Thursday the Mercury told the story of two women - Karen Meyn and Mary-Jane Foreman – both mothers of three who have decided to breathe new life into a former butcher’s shop that has stood vacant for eight years.

They have opened Hush Boutique, a women’s clothing store on the old Maitland Mercury corner. &amp;lt;a href="http://ad-apac.doubleclick.net/N6411/jump/onl.fairfaxregional/maitlandmercury/news/localnews;ctype=article;cat=maitlandmercury;cat1=news;cat2=localnews;cat3=2119749;region=newcastle_hunter;locstate=nsw;pos=2;tile=5;sz=xxxx;ord=53625304?"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src="http://ad-apac.doubleclick.net/N6411/ad/onl.fairfaxregional/maitlandmercury/news/localnews;ctype=article;cat=maitlandmercury;cat1=news;cat2=localnews;cat3=2119749;region=newcastle_hunter;locstate=nsw;pos=2;tile=5;sz=xxxx;ord=53625304?" /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;Local historian Peter Bogan takes a look at the colourful history of the shop.

The butcher shop in Hunter Street, Maitland (corner of Odd Street) dates back to at least early 1868.